*overhead shot of the Egg Dome.*
STYLES
We are here in Tokyo, the Egg Dome, for the match that will complete the picture for the Final Four at AngleSlam! It's the Japanese team vs the Americans, Team Heyross, 1 against 2, I'm Joey Styles alongside Bobby "the Brain" Heenan!
BRAIN
The last time someone laid an egg this big, it was called the Punjabi Prison match!
STYLES
Well done, and of course the winner of this match will meet the Lithuanian team in the semifinals, and the winner of that match advances to the finals, to face either the Canadians or Jamaicans! That all happens at AngleSlam, August 27th from Miami, Florida, but right now, let's go up to our ring announcer!
Punishment by BIOHAZARD hits and Team Heyross makes their way out.
ANNOUNCER (in Japanese, duh)
The following is the Asian Regional Final, of the Tag Team World Cup tournament! It is scheduled for one fall, with a one hour time limit! Introducing the first team, representing the United States of America, at a combined weight of 482 pounds...first, hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota...CHARLIE MOSS!!!!!
*Moss waves out to the crowd before stepping into the ring.*
His partner, from Seattle, Washington...QUENTIN BENJAMIN!!!!!
*Benjamin, already in the ring, poses on the buckles.*
Team Heyross stretches, as Dreams by Van Halen hits and the Japanese get a big pop as they make their way to the ring.
ANNOUNCER
Their opponents, representing Japan, at a combined 464 pounds...first, from Tokyo, RAIDON YOSHI!!!! And his partner, from Osaka, RYUICHI TARO!!!!!
*The Japanese wave to the crowd and step into the ring.*
STYLES
Raidon and Ryuichi, the Japanese team!
BRAIN
No, I'm not itchy.
STYLES
No, that's his name, Ryuichi.
BRAIN
Same to you!
The Americans and Japanese exchange handshakes, and go into their corners as the bell sounds.
*DING DING DING*
STYLES
And it'll be Moss starting off with Raidon!
BRAIN
You know, know that I think about, if you put a big black toilet seat around the building, it'd be like a king-size model of Okerlund!
Moss and Raidon circle the ring, and tie up. Raidon backs Moss into a corner, and holds him down for a while, but breaks clean. They circle the ring, and Raidon goes in again, but this time Moss takes him down with a single leg trip, and grabs the foot, but Raidon gets to the ropes. Raidon then gets up and tries to catch Moss off guard, but Moss sees him coming. Raidon stops, and ties up again. Moss wrings the arm, then drops to his knees and takes him over with a fireman's carry.
STYLES
Some nice wrestling early on by Charlie Moss!
Raidon tries to get up, but catches himself in a front facelock.
BRAIN
Well, the Japanese team doesn't want to match wrestling with Team Heyross, they'll come up on the short end of the stick. Or the chopstick, as the case may be. The Japanese team is very adept at the high-risk moves.
STYLES
And as we know, that plays right into the game of Quentin Benjamin, maybe the best high-flyer in all the world!
Moss whips Raidon, but Raidon reverses. Moss shoulder-checks him down, then goes to the side ropes. Raidon flips over, and Moss hops over. Raidon goes for a slam, but Moss goes behind the back and delivers a back suplex! Ryuichi comes in, and gets a foot to the gut, followed by a vertical suplex! Moss whips Raidon into the ropes once again, and catches him with a dropkick! Raidon rolls into his corner.
STYLES
And Charlie Moss able to fend off both of the Japanese members right there!
Ryuichi gets back on the apron, and Raidon tags him in. He circles the ring with Moss, then ties up. Moss backs him into a corner, but Ryuichi turns it around and lays in two big knees. He then whips Moss across the ring, and follows with a handspring elbow!
STYLES
And a great move there by Ryuichi Taro, obviously a very agile man!
Ryuichi goes to the top rope, and comes off with a West Coast Pop on Moss!
BRAIN
That's known as the Hiroshima Heimlich!
STYLES
Oh, stop!
1...
2...
Benjamin breaks it up!
STYLES
And Team Heyross in trouble early here!
Ryuichi goes around to the legs, and sets up a Scorpion Deathlock!
STYLES
Could be a Scorpion here!
Ryuichi turns it over, as Moss screams in pain and struggles towards the ropes! Moss crawls, and eventually grabs the bottom rope!
BRAIN
He didn't have enough weight to really get a guy like Moss trapped in that hold!
Ryuichi pulls Moss out, and flips over with the legs into a pinning combination!
1...
Moss gets his legs free, and bridges up. He turns over, and hooks the arms of Ryuichi, taking him over with a double-underhook suplex! Moss then tags in Quentin Benjamin.
STYLES
Tag, and Quentin Benjamin in for the first time!
Benjamin goes to the top rope as Ryuichi staggers to his feet.
BRAIN
And right into high-flying mode!
Benjamin comes off the top with a BULLDOG~!
STYLES
Bulldog from the top! A cover...
1...
2...
Shoulder up!
BRAIN
Nope, this guy's tough!
Benjamin picks up Ryuichi and sets up a piledriver, but Ryuichi backdrops out and tags in Raidon.
STYLES
Nice job avoiding that move, and now tagging Raidon Yoshi back in.
Benjamin gets back to his feet and ties up with Raidon. Raidon grabs a side headlock, then takes Benjamin down to the mat. Benjamin gets to his feet, and tries to break Raidon's hands apart with his own. Raidon breaks and goes behind, then Benjamin switches and PLANTS him with a German suplex!
1...
2...
Kickout!
Raidon lays on the mat holding his head as Benjamin approaches him again. He picks Raidon up and hooks him in a side headlock. Raidon tries a suplex of his own, but Benjamin blocks it. He releases the headlock, and instead wrings the arm, then backs him into his corner and tags Moss back in. Moss picks up Raidon over his shoulder, and drops into an over-the-shoulder backbreaker! Moss then drops down and rolls him over into a BOW-AND-ARROW~!
STYLES
Bow-and-arrow applied! Could we get a submission here?
Moss cranks back on the hold, forcing grunts out of Raidon, but Raidon is too close to the ropes and grabs the bottom strand! Moss releases the hold, but stays on him. He tags Benjamin back in, and whips Raidon into the corner. Benjamin goes for a flying splash, but Raidon moves out of the way!
BRAIN
Nobody home!
Raidon sets up Benjamin on his shoulders as he backs up, and tags Ryuishi, who goes to the top rope.
STYLES
Japanese setting something up here!
BRAIN
I know what it is, they call this the Sapporo shish-kebab!
STYLES
No, they don't!
Ryuishi leaps off the top rope...and Benjamin CATCHES HIM WITH A BELLY-TO-BELLY!
STYLES
Oh my GOD!!!
BRAIN
That's it, it's over!
Benjamin covers...
1...
2...
NO! The fall is broken up with a kick to the head by Raidon! Moss steps in the ring and shoves Raidon in response.
STYLES
And tempers starting to flare now!
BRAIN
They're just showing you how bad they want it!
Benjamin and Ryuishi exchange blows, and Benjamin grabs a side headlock. Ryuishi pushes off, and leapfrogs Benjamin, who drops behind him, and puts a foot up. Ryuishi grabs the foot and spins him around, but Benjamin uses the momentum and floors Ryuishi with a spinning wheel kick! Cover...
1...
2...
Shoulder up!
Ryuishi gets to his corner and tags Raidon.
STYLES
The action is fast and furious!
BRAIN
This is almost as good as watching you and Okerlund fight over the last blowfish earlier!
Raidon hammers away with chops, then delivers kicks to the leg. Raidon trips Benjamin up, and delivers a legdrop to the inside of the leg, then turns the leg and pluus away at it.
STYLES
Look at the pressure on the knee!
BRAIN
Not only the knee, but he's also twisting the ankle at the top there! This is a great hold! Oh, I won so many matches with this one!
STYLES
Quentin looks like he may be trying to counter this!
Benjamin reaches up and grabs Raidon under the chin, and rolls him over!
1...
2...
Shoulder up!
Raidon is forced to release the hold. He wrings the arm of Benjamin, and floors him with a back kick! He then tags Ryuishi, who goes to the top rope. He goes for a SWANTON BOMB~!, but Benjamin rolls out of the way, and over to his corner for a tag! Moss comes in, and takes Ryuishi over with a belly-to-belly overhead! He then waits on him to get up, and delivers the STO BACKBREAKER~!
STYLES
That's usually the setup for the MOSSY KNOLL~!!!
And Moss goes for the hold, but once he has it turned over, Raidon breaks it up! Benjamin climbs into the ring, and sneaks behind Ryuishi, and Moss backs into the ropes, and Team Heyross completes the DOUBLE GOOZLE~! Moss covers...
BRAIN
No referee!
STYLES
Turn around, ref!
1...
2...
NO!!! Ryuishi gets the shoulder up!
Moss backs Ryuishi into the ropes, where Raidon blind tags himself in. Ryuishi reverses the whip, Moss hops over, and Raidon executes a SPRINGBOARD BLOCKBUSTER~!
BRAIN
What great moves we're seeing in this match!
STYLES
That's why it's the World Cup, the best tag team action in the world going on right now!
Cover...
1...
2...
Benjamin saves!
The referee puts Benjamin out, and Raidon whips Moss into a corner. Moss dodges a charge, however, and Benjamin is tagged back in! Benjamin delivers forearm shots to the back, but Raidon immediately grans him around the waist and backs him into the corner, where he tags Ryuishi.
STYLES
These tags are super-fast, neither team able to really sustain an advantage!
Benjamin ducks a clothesline, and connects with a superkick! Benjamin follows with a belly-to-belly overhead, then tags Moss right back in. Likewise, Ryuishi manages to tag Raidon back in. The fans applaud as Raidon and Moss look at each other.
STYLES
Fans really appreciating this great exhibition of wrestling!
Tie-up, and Raidon grabs Moss in a top wristlock. Ryuishi jumps back in and grabs the other arm. Moss then flips backwards, and takes both men over, and both men slide to the outside, where Benjamin climbs to the top, and performs a SOMERSAULT TO THE FLOOR on top of both men! Benjamin jumps up, and tosses Raidon back into the ring, where Moss measures him, and attempts a superkick...but Raidon ducks, then spins Moss around and applies a hangman's hold!
BRIAN
The Nagoya Noose!
STYLES
ACTUALLY, it's a hangman's hold, and we could see the submission right here!
However, Moss is too close to the corner, and pushes off and over in front of Raidon, hitting the superkick! Meanwhile, Raidon is in a parallel corner, and when Moss turns to face him, he comes off with a HURRICANRANA, and hooks the legs...
1...
2...
...but Benjamin slides in and dropkicks Ryuichi, turning the hold over!
1...
2...
NO!!! Kickout!
BRAIN
Back and forth, back and forth! This may be the greatest tag team match I've ever seen!
STYLES
The legal men, I believe, are Charlie Moss and Raidon Yoshi...
BRAIN
Oh, the referee lost control of this one a long time ago!
Moss whips Raidon hard into a corner and charges, but Raidon bounces out, and both men collide in mid-ring, then stumble back into their corners and make tags!
STYLES
Tags again, and it's Quentin Benjamin and Ryuichi Taro!
Slugfest ensues, with Ryuichi getting the better of things, then backing Benjamin into a corner. Benjamin reverses a whip, and Ryuichi hops to the second rope, but Benjamin ducks as he leaps back for a bodypress! Benjamin sends a foot to the gut, and drills Ryuichi with the ORANGE CRUSH~!!!
STYLES
This is it! That's the patented move of Quentin Benjamin!
1...
2...
NO!!! Raidon saves!
Benjamin gets up and slugs it out with Raidon, as Moss comes in and works over Ryuichi. Moss whips Ryuichi hard into the corner, as Benjamin backdrops Raidon to the floor, and lifts him on his shoulders!
STYLES
Here comes the Super Rocker Dropper!
Benjamin quickly goes to the top as Moss gets position, and comes off, completing the SUPER ROCKER DROPPER~!!!!!11111
1...
2...
3!!!
*DING DING DING*
BRAIN
He got him!
STYLES
And Team Heyross, Team USA, is going to AngleSlam!
ANNOUNCER (in Japanese)
The winners of the match, and the CHAMPIONS of the Asian Bracket...TEAM USA!!!!!
The crowd applauds respectfully as Team Heyross embraces, then help the Japanese up and exchange congratulations.
STYLES
So we've now got our field for AngleSlam, as the trophy presentation is being set up!
Team Heyross receives the flag, then the Japanese girls hand them flowers.
STYLES
Let's go to "Mean" Gene Okerlund!
OKERLUND (in ring)
All right, thank you, Joey Styles...the Tag Team World Cup at AngleSlam wouldn't have been the same without these two, and now it's official, Team Heyross is one of the final four teams!
MOSS
That's right, there was never any doubt in our minds, Okerlund. The competition was stiff, and it won't get any easier at AngleSlam, but Team Heyross is the best team in the world, no matter what the World Cup committee thinks.
OKERLUND
Quentin, Lithuania the first opposition for you guys at AngleSlam, what do you expect?
BENJAMIN
We expect two things: A fight, and a win. We'll show the committee the error of their ways.
OKERLUND
Of course, there's the possibility of a showdown with the Canadians in the finals, the team who WAS ranked #1 in the world.
BENJAMIN
I hope so. We want prove without a shadow of a doubt that we're the best team in the world, and we have to beat the Canadians to do that. We know it, but we want to make sure the committee knows it, when we're holding that trophy at AngleSlam.
OKERLUND
Speaking of trophies, I'm gonna let you two gentlemen get to raising this one. Joey, let's go back to you!
*Team Heyross hands their flowers back to the ladies, and raises the trophy in the air.*
STYLES
Well folks, it's been a great day of tag team action, but the field is now set! It'll be the Canadians taking on the Jamaican team, and the Lithuanians challenging Team Heyross, who are the champions of the Asian Bracket, representing the USA! So for Tony Schiavone, Jesse "the Body" Ventura, "Stagger" Lee Marshall, Tazz, Todd Grisham, Michael Cole, Jonathan Coachman, Josh Matthews, "Mean" Gene Okerlund, and Bobby "the Brain" Heenan, I'm Joey Styles! So long folks, and tune in this Thursday on HeldDOWN~!
Team Heyross exits the ring and slaps hands with the fans as we...
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